Christopher Columbus

Researchers said Wednesday they will restart a DNA study of the remains of Christopher Columbus to try to settle the question of where the explorer came from.

A statue of Christopher Columbus in Boston has been beheaded, police said Wednesday, as calls to remove sculptures commemorating colonizers and slavers sweep America on the back of anti-racism protests.

Anti-racism protesters in Virginia tore down a statue of Christopher Columbus on Tuesday night in Byrd park in Richmond, then draped it in a burning flag and dumped it in a lake, images of the incident posted on social media showed.

A 500-year-old copy of a letter in which Christopher Columbus describes his voyage to the Americas has been returned to Spain after US authorities tracked down the document, which had been stolen and replaced with a forgery years ago.

UNESCO said on Monday it will send experts to Haiti to examine a wreck believed to be the remains of the Santa Maria, Christopher Columbus's flagship from his first voyage to the Americas.

A US marine explorer who thinks that he has found the wreckage of Christopher Columbus' flagship, the Santa Maria, off the coast of Haiti, has said he hopes Spain and Haiti would help in excavation.

A shipwreck off the coast of Haiti may be the remains of the Santa Maria, Christopher Columbus' flagship from his first voyage to the Americas, according to reports on Tuesday.

Researchers said Wednesday they will restart a DNA study of the remains of Christopher Columbus to try to settle the question of where the explorer came from.

A statue of Christopher Columbus in Boston has been beheaded, police said Wednesday, as calls to remove sculptures commemorating colonizers and slavers sweep America on the back of anti-racism protests.

Anti-racism protesters in Virginia tore down a statue of Christopher Columbus on Tuesday night in Byrd park in Richmond, then draped it in a burning flag and dumped it in a lake, images of the incident posted on social media showed.

A 500-year-old copy of a letter in which Christopher Columbus describes his voyage to the Americas has been returned to Spain after US authorities tracked down the document, which had been stolen and replaced with a forgery years ago.

UNESCO said on Monday it will send experts to Haiti to examine a wreck believed to be the remains of the Santa Maria, Christopher Columbus's flagship from his first voyage to the Americas.

A US marine explorer who thinks that he has found the wreckage of Christopher Columbus' flagship, the Santa Maria, off the coast of Haiti, has said he hopes Spain and Haiti would help in excavation.

A shipwreck off the coast of Haiti may be the remains of the Santa Maria, Christopher Columbus' flagship from his first voyage to the Americas, according to reports on Tuesday.